Candle-socket.



A. J. TIZLEY.

CANDLE SOCKET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30. ms.

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Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

QQQQQQ I I I I I I QQQ ARTHUR. J. TIZLEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO- THE BRYANT ELECTRIC COMPANY, OF BBIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

CANDLE-SOCKET.

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesto candle sockets and particularly to the swltch features thereof,

'the object of my invention being to provide an improved arrangement resembling in some respects the construction shown in my recent Patent No. 1,181,046, April 25, 1916. 1

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a vertical section through a candle socket fitting showing certain parts broken away the better to illustrate the construction Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line.

2-2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33, Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a broken vertical section through one of the insulating buttonsshowing certain details of construction.

The fitting here shown comprises a casing 10, in simulation of a candle, mounted on a carrier 11 held upon the wire. conduit 12 at a suitable point by the set screw 13. At the upper end of the conduit is a supporting flange 14 on which rests the lower button 15 of the insulating body of a lamp socket and to which it is secured by a threaded nipple 16 molded into the button 15 and screwed into the tapped end of the conduit 12. A second insulating button 17 forms the other insulating member of the socket body and is spaced from the button 15 by standards 18, 19 and 20. Between the buttons a switch mechanism is arranged upon the switch spindle 21 which extends between the buttons in'axial alinement witliv the wire conduit 12. It is provided with a squared head 22 seated in a squared recess in the button 15 and provided with a cross slot 23 to recelve a screw driver. By lifting the head 22 out of its recess and turning it in one direction orthe other the tension of the spring 24, which is coiled on the spindle 21, may be regulated as desired. At its upper end the spindle 21 is fitted with an insulating cap 25 which works freely in a. well formed 1n the inner Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 17; 1918. Application filed October 39, 1916. Serial No. 128,445.

face of the button 17 and between the bottom of which and the cap 25 is interposed a small spring 26 which permits the longitudinal displacement of the spindle just referred to. One end of the switch spring 24 is engaged by the head 22 of the switch spindle, and the other end is engaged by the ratchet plate 27. The latter is mounted on the switch spindle and has pawls 28 which engage arms on the rotary switch piece 29 also mounted on the spindle 21. The contact wings 30 of the switchpiece ride a ratchet formed boss 31 on the inner face of the button 17 and tact 35 of the socket by the securing bolt 36.

The screw shell contact 37 of the socket is directly connected to the standard 18 which carries binding screw 38 and constitutes theother wire terminal. The connection may be made by any suitable means (not shown) commonly used in the art.

The operating ratchet 27 carries an insulating quadrant 39 near the outer margin of which is secured the chain guide 40. The

operating chain 41 is attachcd to the latter at the claw 42 in well understood manner and passes downward through a guide bell 43 secured in the body of the button 15. The large end ball 44 at the lower end of the chain may be carried out of the casing for direct manual operation, or it may be en.- gaged in an escapement plate 45 of the type shown in my patent above referred to and operated by a sleeve 46 freely mounted on the conduit 12 and supported in position by an ornamental ferrule 47.

The construction shown is an improvement over that of. my previous patent in the respect that the switch parts and upper button 17 are in large part of standard construction and the only novel part which it is necessary to manufacture especially for the. present socket, is the lower'button 14 and its associated members. The economy resulting from this fact will readily commend itself to the manufacturer. Various modifications of construction which do not depart from what I claim as my invention will readily occur to those skilled in the art.

I claim as my invention 1. Av candle socket comprising an insulating body adapted at one end to be supported on a wire conduit and having at its other end terminals for the reception of an electric lamp, a switch mounted on said body between its ends on an axis extending in the direction of the axis of the lamp socket, a pull member for operating the switch and a guide for said pull member having its axis su stantially parallel to the axis of the switch and opening through the end of the socket body opposite that at which the socket terminals are carried. p

2. A candle socket comprising an insulating body adapted to be supported on a wire conduit, a hollow bushing carried by said body and affording means for connecting said body to the conduit, a switch mounted on said body and having a switch spring, and means accessible through said bushing for adjusting the tension of said spring.

3. A candle socket comprising an insulating body adaptedto be supported on a'wire conduit, a hollow bushing carried by said body and affording means for connecting said body to the conduit, a switch spring and a spindle on which the same is coiled, saidspindle having a slotted head engaged by an end of the spring and arranged in alinement with said bushing and accessible therethrough for adjusting the tension of the spring.

4;. A candle socket comprising an insulating body adapted to be supported on a wire conduit, a hollow bushing carried by said body and afl'ording means for connecting said body to the conduit, a switch spring and a spindle on which the same is coiled, said spindle being longitudinally displaceable and having a slotted head of non-circular contour seated in a recess of like shape aron said insulating body and having its axis substantially coaxial with that of the socket terminals, a pull member for operating" the switch, and a guide bell carried by the socket body and-opening through the end thereof opposite the lamp terminals and through which guide the pull member freely passes.

6. A candle socket comprising an insulating body having a pair of insulating buttons spaced apart, lamp terminals on one of said buttons, a switch mechanism interposed between sa'i'd buttons andcomprising an oscillating chain rail, an operating chain passing through the other button and' so arranged that on operation of the switch said chain runs off the rail at substantially right angles thereto and isguided back onto the rail on the return movement of the latter.

7. .A candle socket comprising an insulating body having a pair of spaced insulating buttons, lamp and wire terminals carried by said buttons, a switch mechanism interposed between said buttons and a flexible operating member for said switch mechanism, said operating member passing through the other insulatin button in a direction substantially' para lel to the axis of the lamp terminals.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

ARTHUR J TIZLEY.

Witnesses:

HENRY A. HARRIs, WALTER J. LEARY. 

